HIGHLIGHTS

alternate version of Far Far Away, in which he and Fiona never met. (cc) . . . . . . . . FREE 4:00 pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bulldog Drummond Escapes ★★ (’ 37, Mystery) Ray Milland. The London sleuth and his sidekick, Algy, catch crooks for a Scotland Yard inspector. (cc) TCM 5:00 pm Despicable Me ★★★ (’ 10, Children’s) Voices of Steve Carell. Animated. As he tries to execute a fiendish plot to steal the moon, a supervillain meets his match in three little orphan girls who want to make him their dad. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NICK 5:30 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Guardians of the Galaxy ★★★ (’ 14, Science Fiction) Chris Pratt. A space adventurer becomes the quarry of bounty hunters after he steals an orb coveted by a treacherous villain, but after he discovers the orb’s true power, he must find a way to unite four ragtag rivals to save the universe. (cc). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FX 5:30 pm Fast Five ★★ (’ 11, Action) Vin Diesel. In Rio de Janeiro, ex-con Dom Torretto and ex-cop Brian O’Conner join forces against a corrupt businessman who wants them both dead. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TNT 5:30 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The A-Team ★★ (’ 10, Action) Liam Neeson. Framed to take the fall for a heinous crime, an elite operative and his men go rogue, using their special talents to clear their names and find the real perpetrator. (cc) . . . AMC 5:30 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bulldog Drummond Comes Back ★★ (’ 37, Mystery) John Barrymore. A Scotland Yard inspector rescues sleuth Drummond, his girlfriend and his sidekick from kidnappers. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TCM 6:00 pm Life ★★ (’ 99, Comedy-Drama) Eddie Murphy. Wrongly convicted of murder, two men become close friends during decades in a Mississippi penitentiary. (cc) . . . . . BET 6:00 pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Lilo & Stitch ★★★ (’ 02, Children’s) Voices of Daveigh Chase. Animated. A lonely girl adopts a dog which is really a mischievous alien hiding from intergalactic hunters. (cc)

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6:30 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire ★★★ (’ 05, Fantasy) Daniel Radcliffe. Signs of Voldemort’s return emerge as Harry’s friends help him prepare for a tournament with Europe’s best student wizards. (cc). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SYFY 6:30 pm Calling Bulldog Drummond ★★ (’ 51, Mystery) Walter Pidgeon. The British sleuth leaves retirement to help a Scotland Yard woman catch thieves armed with radar. TCM 8:00 pm. . . . . . . . . . . . Spider-Man: Far From Home ★★★ (’ 19, Action) Tom Holland. Spider-Man teams up with Nick Fury and fellow superhero Mysterio to stop four massive elemental creatures — each representing Earth, air, water and fire — from wreaking havoc across Europe. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . FX 8:00 pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Parent Trap ★★★ (’ 98, Children’s) Lindsay Lohan. An 11-year-old meets her California twin, and they plot to reunite their divorced parents. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FREE 8:00 pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Croods ★★★ (’ 13, Children’s) Voices of Nicolas Cage. Animated. A caveman catches the eye of a less-evolved female, as she and her family seek a new home. (cc) . . . . NICK 8:00 pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Rock ★★★

(’96, Action) Sean Connery. A scientist and a British spy who once escaped from Alcatraz are sent to the former island prison to stop a disgruntled war hero from obliterating San Francisco with chemical warheads. (cc) AMC 8:00 pm Flamingo Road ★★★ (’ 49, Drama) Joan Crawford. A small-town Florida sheriff frames his political pawn’s dancer girlfriend for prostitution. (cc). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TCM 9:45 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Woman in White ★★★ (’ 48, Mystery) Eleanor Parker. Based on the novel by Wilkie Collins. A mansion and its inhabitants are haunted by a strange spell. (cc) . . . . . . TCM

THURSDAY

6:00 am. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Rack ★★★ (’ 56, Drama) Paul Newman. A Korean War hero is court-martialed for treason for breaking under torture as a prisoner of war. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TCM 8:00 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Action in the North Atlantic ★★★ (’ 43, War) Humphrey Bogart. The captain, mates and crew of a Liberty Ship dodge U-boats, dive bombers and foul weather to reach port. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . TCM 9:00 am. . . Deep Impact ★★ (’ 98, Drama) Robert Duvall. Joined in Progress. Troubled people attempt to mend their lives as they brace themselves for a comet that threatens Earth. (cc). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AMC 9:03 am . . . . . Pompeii ★★ (’ 14, Adventure)

Kit Harington. As Mount Vesuvius rains down lava and ash, a gladiator races to save the woman he loves before the city collapses. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SYFY 10:15 am. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bombardier ★★

(’43, War) Pat O’Brien. Officers woo a girl at bombardier school, then put classroom theory into practice over Tokyo. (cc). . TCM 10:30 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Night School ★★ (’ 18, Comedy) Kevin Hart. A salesman’s life takes an unexpected turn when he accidentally blows up his place of employment. Forced to attend night school to get his GED, he must now deal with a group of misfit students and a feisty teacher who doesn’t think he’s too bright. (cc) . FX 11:00 am . . Bee Movie ★★ (’ 07, Children’s) Voices of Jerry Seinfeld. Animated. After he talks to a human florist, a college-educated bee decides to sue the human race for stealing his kind’s honey over the centuries. (cc)

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11:15 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . First Blood ★★★

(’82, Action) Sylvester Stallone. Green Beret veteran Rambo takes on a Pacific Northwest sheriff and the National Guard. (cc) . AMC NOON . . Torpedo Run ★★ (’ 58, War) Glenn Ford. A Navy submarine commander and his buddy chase a Japanese aircraft carrier to blame for a tragedy. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . TCM 12:30 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Meet the Robinsons ★★★ (’ 07, Children’s) Voices of Angela Bassett. Animated. A mysterious time-traveler named Wilbur Robinson takes a boy genius on a trip to the future to spend a day with Wilbur’s eccentric family. (cc) FREE 1:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stuber ★★

(’19, Comedy) Dave Bautista. After crashing his car, a cop who’s recovering from eye surgery recruits an Uber driver to help him catch a heroin dealer. The mismatched pair soon find themselves in for a wild day of stakeouts and shootouts as they encounter the city’s seedy side. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FX 1:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

The Croods ★★★ (’ 13, Children’s) Voices of Nicolas Cage. Animated. A caveman catches the eye of a less-evolved female, as she and her family seek a new home. (cc) . . . . NICK 1:45 pm. . . . . Fighter Squadron ★★★ (’ 48, War) Edmond O’Brien. An Air Force major and captain lead crews in combat against the Luftwaffe before D-Day. (cc). . . . . . TCM 2:00 pm ATL ★★ (’ 06, Comedy-Drama) Tip Harris. Four Atlanta teenagers, whose lives revolve around hip-hop and rollerskating, face life-changing challenges on and off the rink. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VH1 2:20 pm Journey 2: The Mysterious Island ★★ (’ 12, Children’s) Dwayne Johnson. Sean Anderson and his new stepfather find an island of secrets, strange life forms, and gold when they answer a coded distress signal. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SYFY 2:30 pm . . . . . . . . . . . Mary Poppins ★★★★

(’64, Children’s) Julie Andrews. Live action/ animated. London children have fun with a marvelous nanny and her chimney-sweep friend. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FREE 3:00 pm Life ★★ (’ 99, Comedy-Drama) Eddie Murphy. Wrongly convicted of murder, two men become close friends during decades in a Mississippi penitentiary. (cc) . . . . . BET 3:00 pm World War Z ★★★ (’ 13, Horror) Brad Pitt. When a zombie pandemic threatens to destroy humanity, a former United Nations investigator is forced back into service to try to uncover the source of the infection. (cc)

FX

3:00 pm Despicable Me ★★★ (’ 10, Children’s) Voices of Steve Carell. Animated. As he tries to execute a fiendish plot to steal the moon, a supervillain meets his match in three little orphan girls who want to make him their dad. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NICK 3:30 pm The Dirty Dozen ★★★ (’ 67, War) Lee Marvin. A U.S. Army major selects and trains 12 hard-core criminals for a daring raid on an impregnable Nazi chateau. (cc). . . . . . . TCM 4:00 pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Rock ★★★

(’96, Action) Sean Connery. A scientist and a British spy who once escaped from Alcatraz are sent to the former island prison to stop a disgruntled war hero from obliterating San Francisco with chemical warheads. (cc) AMC 4:25 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire ★★★ (’ 05, Fantasy) Daniel Radcliffe. Signs of Voldemort’s return emerge as Harry’s friends help him prepare for a tournament with Europe’s best student wizards. (cc). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SYFY 4:30 pm . . . . . . . . . Coach Carter ★★★ (’ 05, Drama) Samuel L. Jackson. A high-school basketball coach turns a losing team around, then faces criticism for pushing the athletes to put grades first. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VH1 5:00 pm. . . . . . Despicable Me 2 ★★★ (’ 13, Children’s) Voices of Steve Carell. Animated. Just as Gru settles into his new role as a suburban family man, the ultrasecret AntiVillain League sends him on a mission to nab the perpetrator of a spectacular heist. (cc)

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5:30 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X-Men: Dark Phoenix ★★ (’ 19, Action) James McAvoy. During a rescue mission, Jean Grey is hit by a cosmic force that makes her infinitely more powerful, but far more unstable. The X-Men must now unite to save her soul and battle aliens that want to utilize Grey’s mysterious new abilities. (cc). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FX 5:45 pm . . . . . . . . . . . Mary Poppins Returns ★★★ (’ 18, Children’s) Emily Blunt. Live action/animated. Single father Michael and his sister receive the surprise of a lifetime when Mary Poppins — the beloved nanny from their childhood — arrives to save the day and take the Banks family on a magical, fun-filled adventure. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . FREE 6:00 pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sparkle ★★ (’ 12, Drama) Jordin Sparks. In 1968 Detroit, a musical prodigy tries to balance romance with the new challenges life brings, as she and her sisters struggle for Motown stardom. (cc). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BET 6:15 pm . . . . . . . . . . . Paths of Glory ★★★★ (’57, War) Kirk Douglas. A World War I French colonel defends three soldiers picked to be shot for a general’s blunder. (cc). . . . . . TCM 7:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Midway ★★ (’ 19, War) Ed Skrein. Premiere. On June 4, 1942, the Japanese navy plans a strike against American ships in the Pacific. For the next three days, the U.S. Navy and a squad of brave fighter pilots engage the enemy in one of the most important and decisive battles of World War II. (cc) PARMT 7:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Saving Private Ryan ★★★★ (’ 98, War) Tom Hanks. A World War II captain and his squad risk all to locate and send home a soldier whose three brothers died in combat. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AMC 7:30 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Training Day ★★★ (’ 01, Crime Drama) Denzel Washington. A rookie cop meets a corrupt Los Angeles narcotics officer who wants to include him in his schemes. (cc) . . . . . . VH1 8:00 pm. . . . . . . . . . Venom ★★ (’ 18, Action) Tom Hardy. Journalist Eddie Brock develops superhuman strength and power when his body merges with the alien Venom. Twisted, dark and fueled by rage, Venom tries to control the new and dangerous abilities that Eddie finds so intoxicating. (cc). . . . . . . . FX 8:00 pm Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix ★★★ (’ 07, Fantasy) Daniel Radcliffe. When a new professor’s bureaucratic methods leave Hogwarts unprepared to fight the rising tide of evil, Harry teaches a dedicated group of students how to defend against the dark arts. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . SYFY 8:00 pm Lone Survivor ★★★ (’ 13, War) Mark Wahlberg. In the mountains of Afghanistan, a squad of Taliban fighters ambushes four Navy SEALs, who are there on a mission to eliminate a high-ranking al-Qaeda operative. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TNT 8:00 pm. . . . . . . . . . . . The Best Years of Our Lives ★★★★ (’ 46, Drama) Fredric March. A disabled serviceman and two other veterans have difficulty adjusting to civilian life after World War II. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TCM 8:55 pm Aladdin ★★★ (’ 92, Children’s) Voices of Scott Weinger. Animated. Disney’s version of a tale about an Arabian thief who finds a magic lamp and tries to win a princess’s heart. (cc). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FREE 9:00 pm Tyler Perry’s The Single Moms Club

★★ (’ 14, Comedy-Drama) Nia Long. Brought